Kevin Joseph
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importantly this is tied not just to the supply/demand situation but to the quasi-managerial role software engineers have in building systems that govern the work activity of other workers
The ideology that was sold to tech workers by tech owners was that the workers were not like other workers, that they were very special boys who were entitled to high salaries and cushy perks due to the STEMy brilliance required to do their job. Easy to see the lie now that it's falling apart.
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
importantly this is tied not just to the supply/demand situation but to the quasi-managerial role software engineers have in building systems that govern the work activity of other workers
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On Monday, @ahl.bsky.social and I will be joined by members of the Oxide team to talk about a doozy: an 18-year-old ZFS data corruption bug that we recently nailed. We'll be at a special Europe-friendly time: 9a Pacific/noon Eastern/5p GMT -- join us for the wild tale!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
On Monday, @ahl.bsky.social and I will be joined by members of the Oxide team to talk about a doozy: an 18-year-old ZFS data corruption bug that we recently nailed. We'll be at a special Europe-friendly time: 9a Pacific/noon Eastern/5p GMT -- join us for the wild tale!
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this needs to be hammered into the skulls of every elite individual and institution
on every measure - reputationally, financially, morally - you come out better if you fight the guy
stand up! it’s the right thing to do and better for you in every way! how often does that happen?
on every measure - reputationally, financially, morally - you come out better if you fight the guy
stand up! it’s the right thing to do and better for you in every way! how often does that happen?
A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
September 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
this needs to be hammered into the skulls of every elite individual and institution
on every measure - reputationally, financially, morally - you come out better if you fight the guy
stand up! it’s the right thing to do and better for you in every way! how often does that happen?
on every measure - reputationally, financially, morally - you come out better if you fight the guy
stand up! it’s the right thing to do and better for you in every way! how often does that happen?
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It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban
July 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban
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As much as it FUCKING SUCKED to write this blog post, the fact that through sheer determination of refusing to let some people bully the discussion in the direction they wanted to ended up making a real difference is the one thing that makes me think Engineers are redeemable.
June 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As much as it FUCKING SUCKED to write this blog post, the fact that through sheer determination of refusing to let some people bully the discussion in the direction they wanted to ended up making a real difference is the one thing that makes me think Engineers are redeemable.
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This exact same logic applies to vaccines too, and untrained lay people ought not have any say in public policy there either. It's a real pathology in American culture that people have unreasonably high opinions of themselves
June 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This exact same logic applies to vaccines too, and untrained lay people ought not have any say in public policy there either. It's a real pathology in American culture that people have unreasonably high opinions of themselves
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Building a Debugger is now officially released!
It guides you through building a whole native x64 debugger from scratch, dispelling all the magic and teaching you a ton about operating systems as it goes.
Even if you don't care about building a debugger, you can read it to your cat.
It guides you through building a whole native x64 debugger from scratch, dispelling all the magic and teaching you a ton about operating systems as it goes.
Even if you don't care about building a debugger, you can read it to your cat.
June 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Building a Debugger is now officially released!
It guides you through building a whole native x64 debugger from scratch, dispelling all the magic and teaching you a ton about operating systems as it goes.
Even if you don't care about building a debugger, you can read it to your cat.
It guides you through building a whole native x64 debugger from scratch, dispelling all the magic and teaching you a ton about operating systems as it goes.
Even if you don't care about building a debugger, you can read it to your cat.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
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Personality cult authoritarianism
A giant banner of Trump is now ominously hanging at the front of the Dept. of Agriculture. It's not the kind of thing American presidents do. It's more in line with what you typically see in places like North Korea -- and it's the latest sign that America might be sliding into autocracy. #Velshi
Big Donald Is Watching You: Sliding into autocracy under Trump 2.0
A giant banner featuring Donald Trump’s photo just went up at the front of the Department of Agriculture. A military parade is being planned for his birthday, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. His cabinet members shower him with praise every time they have a meeting. These are not the kinds of things that normally happen in the United States. It’s more in line with how autocratic leaders display their power in oppressive nations like North Korea and Iran to constantly remind people who’s in charge. But now that it’s starting to happen here, we have to acknowledge it and recognize it as a sign that America is sliding into autocracy.
www.msnbc.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Personality cult authoritarianism
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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Just got my copy of Building a Debugger by @tartanllama.xyz, can’t wait to dive in.
April 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just got my copy of Building a Debugger by @tartanllama.xyz, can’t wait to dive in.
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Yesterday, 1,400 protests were held to protest the Trump whose headlines fill this page. But to the #BrokenTimes this morning, they are a buried BTW. It has plenty of photos; none here. This is what they call "news judgment." To the Times, we are not news.
April 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Yesterday, 1,400 protests were held to protest the Trump whose headlines fill this page. But to the #BrokenTimes this morning, they are a buried BTW. It has plenty of photos; none here. This is what they call "news judgment." To the Times, we are not news.
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Even among the darkest recesses of the human condition, there is no more paralyzing, bladder-loosening fear than conservative men’s fear of subways.
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Even among the darkest recesses of the human condition, there is no more paralyzing, bladder-loosening fear than conservative men’s fear of subways.
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MASSIVE NEWS from progressive independent media. in Q1 2025 left wing YouTube grew far more quickly than right wing YouTube. Among independent channels, top left channels grew 33% faster than right wing channels from Jan-Mar. This is HUGE!
April 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
MASSIVE NEWS from progressive independent media. in Q1 2025 left wing YouTube grew far more quickly than right wing YouTube. Among independent channels, top left channels grew 33% faster than right wing channels from Jan-Mar. This is HUGE!
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I've decided to levy a tariff against Costco. I've bought thousands of dollars of stuff from there over the years, but they've never bought a single thing from me!
From now on, I will be paying an additional 40%. That money will be going straight in the toilet until Costco gets their act together.
From now on, I will be paying an additional 40%. That money will be going straight in the toilet until Costco gets their act together.
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I've decided to levy a tariff against Costco. I've bought thousands of dollars of stuff from there over the years, but they've never bought a single thing from me!
From now on, I will be paying an additional 40%. That money will be going straight in the toilet until Costco gets their act together.
From now on, I will be paying an additional 40%. That money will be going straight in the toilet until Costco gets their act together.
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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BTW, DOGE wants to end this program, created by USDS. They say there aren't enough users. Let's prove DOGE wrong it's a great program that simplified filing your taxes
April 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
BTW, DOGE wants to end this program, created by USDS. They say there aren't enough users. Let's prove DOGE wrong it's a great program that simplified filing your taxes
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This is what happens when you put amateurs in charge of real business and hire based on loyalty instead of competence.
Mistakes that put lived in danger and leaking like sieve.
Competent folks would be deeply embarrassed and would learn, it won’t happen here.
Mistakes that put lived in danger and leaking like sieve.
Competent folks would be deeply embarrassed and would learn, it won’t happen here.
March 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is what happens when you put amateurs in charge of real business and hire based on loyalty instead of competence.
Mistakes that put lived in danger and leaking like sieve.
Competent folks would be deeply embarrassed and would learn, it won’t happen here.
Mistakes that put lived in danger and leaking like sieve.
Competent folks would be deeply embarrassed and would learn, it won’t happen here.
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it boggles my mind
"sure maybe my president planned a coup to overthrow the government based on one of his many lies, and is now deporting permanent residents without due process-
...but you have to consider, a lady on the internet was a little too woke for me and that's where I draw the line"
"sure maybe my president planned a coup to overthrow the government based on one of his many lies, and is now deporting permanent residents without due process-
...but you have to consider, a lady on the internet was a little too woke for me and that's where I draw the line"
I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism
March 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
it boggles my mind
"sure maybe my president planned a coup to overthrow the government based on one of his many lies, and is now deporting permanent residents without due process-
...but you have to consider, a lady on the internet was a little too woke for me and that's where I draw the line"
"sure maybe my president planned a coup to overthrow the government based on one of his many lies, and is now deporting permanent residents without due process-
...but you have to consider, a lady on the internet was a little too woke for me and that's where I draw the line"